Overview
This is not intended as an instruction on how to use the PocketGPSWorld (PGPSW) camera database with your SatNav set-up. It is purely an explanation of the camera database, how it’s spilt up into camera types (categories) and subcategories, and the files that make up the database.
Camera types in the database
There are currently six main categories in the PGPSW camera database; some of the main categories are also subdivided into speed related sites. The main categories are:
* Gatso: Fixed camera locations. I.e. mainly Gatso, Truvelo and Monitron speed cameras.
* Mobile: Locations where Safety Partnership camera vans and police regularly check your speed.
* Redlight: Traffic light cameras
* Temp: Temporary camera installations, e.g. Road works.
* SPECS: Also called Section cameras. This uses digital cameras that photograph your vehicle and number plate as you pass each camera. The system then automatically calculates your average speed over the section (distance divided by time).
* Continental: Locations on the continent, i.e. mainland Europe.
There is another category, which contains all of the above categories, except for the Continental one. It is for UK users who have SatNav systems that can only use a limited number of POI categories at time. The category is:
* Single File Version
Subcategories: speed-zoned
The categories Gatso, Mobile, and SPECS are also available as being further split into speed-zoned subcategories.
The main categories hold the full list of locations.
The subcategories have the same name as the main category but they have a suffix of the speed limit and only contain the locations that relate to a particular speed limit. NB if you want to use the subcategories and your sat-nav requires each file to be activated then you need to load and activate all of them else you will not be warned!
Gatso: Full list of known fixed speed cameras. You can either use this or all of the following subcategories:
Gatso_xx: Known fixed speed cameras in a 20-70 mph limit where 'xx' is: 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70
Gatso_tba: Known fixed speed cameras without a recorded speed limit
Gatso_var: Known fixed speed cameras with a variable speed limit
The Mobile and SPECS categories can also be split into subcategories, like the Gatso ones above. However neither Mobile nor SPECS yet has a "var" subcategory.
Makeup of the camera database files
Each category or subcategory of the PGPSW camera database is an independent POI (Point of Interest) and may be made up of two files:
1. The actual database (compulsory for all packages):
2. Co-ordinates file (e.g. .ov2, .csv, .mgln, .xls etc)
3. The icon (.BMP) to show the camera location on the screen.
For example if you wanted to load the PGPSW camera database of UK fixed cameras in a 30 mph speed limit, then you would need the following files:
* For TomTom SatNav packages: pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.ov2 and pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.bmp
* For ALK CoPilot SatNav packages: pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.xls
* For Navman SmartST V3 SatNav packages: pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.csv
* For Microsoft AutoRoute / MapPoint: pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.csv
* For Garmin: pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.csv and pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.bmp
For ease of reading, we'll no longer use the File extensions (i.e. .OV2, .CSV, or .BMP) in this documentation. Please remember that depending on your SatNav package, you will either need the .OV2 and .BMP files, or you will need the .CSV and .BMP files. Thus the above example of UK fixed cameras in a 30 mph speed limit will now be referred to as: pocketgps_uk_gatso_30.
What camera database categories do I need?
Well it is down to personal choice and the limitations of your SatNav package. If you were to stay in the UK there are 3 levels of options (if unsure just download the single file cameras, and when you have a better understanding of it all, download other files):
Single File: Contains all the speed cameras in a single file irrespective of type.As stated above, this category contains all of the above categories, except for the Continental one. It is for UK users who have SatNav systems that can only use a limited number of POI categories at time:
pocketgps_uk_sc
Consolidated by Type: Contains one file for each type of speed camera. This is just the main categories and none of the subcategories that show speed limits:
pocketgps_uk_gatso
pocketgps_uk_mobile
pocketgps_uk_redlight
pocketgps_uk_specs
pocketgps_uk_temp
Speed Zoned: Contains the speed cameras in individual files for each speed limit and each camera type. If you want the above but with subcategories of the Gatso, Mobile, and SPECS databases to show speed related cameras:
pocketgps_uk_gatso_20
pocketgps_uk_gatso_30
pocketgps_uk_gatso_40
pocketgps_uk_gatso_50
pocketgps_uk_gatso_60
pocketgps_uk_gatso_70
pocketgps_uk_gatso_tba
pocketgps_uk_gatso_var
pocketgps_uk_mobile_20
pocketgps_uk_mobile_30
pocketgps_uk_mobile_40
pocketgps_uk_mobile_50
pocketgps_uk_mobile_60
pocketgps_uk_mobile_70
pocketgps_uk_mobile_tba
pocketgps_uk_redlight
pocketgps_uk_specs_20
pocketgps_uk_specs_30
pocketgps_uk_specs_40
pocketgps_uk_specs_50
pocketgps_uk_specs_60
pocketgps_uk_specs_70
pocketgps_uk_specs_tba
pocketgps_uk_temp
a few handy POIS have been added too
copy and paste to your map directory
size: 1370 KB
http://rapidshare.com/files/18645993/tomtom_speed_cams.rar
tomtom (tom tom) speed camera locations (28/02/07) UK,EUR,AUS
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